Greg Allen
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The True Story Of Abuse And Injustice Behind 'Nickel Boys'
The first blow lifted me a foot and a half off that bed. And every time that strap would come down, you could hear the shuffle. on the concrete because their shoes would slide. And, you know, you could hear the bam.
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NPR News: 10-08-2024 3AM EDT
A lot of the focus is on Tampa Bay, but, you know, the worst winds in the storm surge will come south of the eye, wherever that happens to be. But in Tampa Bay, because of its topography, it's extremely susceptible to storm surge. Helene, you know, made landfall more than 150 miles north of there. But even so, the eight-foot storm surge in Tampa Bay was the worst seen in at least a century.
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NPR News: 10-08-2024 3AM EDT
It claimed a dozen lives. The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Milton may bring a much bigger storm surge, up to 12 feet in Tampa Bay.
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LA Fires Latest, Trump's Sentencing, TikTok At The Supreme Court
Well, you know, as you know, Altadena is a wooded community with a lot of older bungalows. And this is where the Eaton fire has left many of the homes just smoldering, blackened ruins. Tiandra Pitts' home caught fire and was heavily damaged before fire crews extinguished it.
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LA Fires Latest, Trump's Sentencing, TikTok At The Supreme Court
I spent the day yesterday with Pitts. She was evacuated after her house caught fire and the one next door burned to the ground. Her three kids are staying with family members, but she spent that night in her car. Yesterday, she was back with friends, removing whatever she could from the house.
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LA Fires Latest, Trump's Sentencing, TikTok At The Supreme Court
Yes. Tandra Pitts said she was shocked when she returned home and found that her front door had been kicked in. When she went inside, many of her things were gone and things were just tossed everywhere.
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LA Fires Latest, Trump's Sentencing, TikTok At The Supreme Court
Looters took her son's sneaker collection. They left the boxes everywhere. They even took her washer and dryer. We talked to other residents who stayed in the neighborhood, and they told us that they chased off looters. L.A. Sheriff has promised a crackdown on looting, and communities now are imposing curfews throughout the area. Now, let's get to the big picture. I mean, how many fires is L.A.
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LA Fires Latest, Trump's Sentencing, TikTok At The Supreme Court
dealing with right now? Well, there are several with numbers changing all the time. The biggest concerns remain the Eaton Fire. Although it's stopped growing in size, crews still have zero containment on it. The other big one is the Palisades Fire, the one that destroyed much of Pacific Palisades.
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LA Fires Latest, Trump's Sentencing, TikTok At The Supreme Court
Officials have made progress there and have started to contain that fire, and we've had deaths in both of those. Yesterday in the north part of the county, The Kenneth Fire quickly expanded, which forced additional evacuations.
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LA Fires Latest, Trump's Sentencing, TikTok At The Supreme Court
Well, you know, a lack of water was a major problem for firefighters combating the Palisades blaze on Tuesday and Wednesday. After hours of responding, the water pressure dropped and hydrants no longer had water. Fire crews used pumper trucks to draw water from reservoirs and fight fires that way. But it's led to big questions, not just from Trump, but also from people who saw their homes burn.
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LA Fires Latest, Trump's Sentencing, TikTok At The Supreme Court
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was asked about the issue yesterday.
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LA Fires Latest, Trump's Sentencing, TikTok At The Supreme Court
You know, President Biden has even waded in saying he talked to Governor Newsom about the issue. Biden says when electricity was shut off in some areas to avoid more fires, that led some pumping stations to be left without power. Biden said Newsom assured him that generators are being deployed to make sure that this won't be a problem going forward.